Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

Linnaeus, C, 1758
Rayador
Talha-mar

Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Rynchops nigra.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 659342
Adult
Ramón Biaus
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Lucas De Ciria

Photography ID: 508839
Adult
Reserva Natural Punta Rasa
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/25/2022
Lucas De Ciria

Photography ID: 468592
Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
10/20/2021
Lucas De Ciria

Photography ID: 308160
Adult
Reserva Ecológica Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/30/2018
Lucas De Ciria

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2384061

09/11/2025

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Ramón Biaus

Lucas De Ciria

1645534

25/09/2022

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Reserva Natural Punta Rasa

Lucas De Ciria

1487759

20/10/2021

Argentina

Corrientes

Colonia Carlos Pellegrini

Lucas De Ciria

861924

30/12/2018

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Frente a la entrada de la Reserva Ecológica Vicente Lopez, Reserva Ecológica Vicente López

Lucas De Ciria

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Bibliography related

Lucero, F. y J. C. Chebez. 2011. Nuevas citas y ampliación de la distribución de algunas aves en las provincias de San Juan, Mendoza y La Rioja. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 71. Fundación Félix de Azara.